Es gab eine Ankündigung von Otto Energy, daß der Start der Ölproduktion um eine Woche verschoben wird. Vorraussichtlicher Start nächste Woche. Dies ist kein Grund, Panik zu bekommen, allenfalls ein Glücksfall für einen nochmals günstigen Einstieg. Hier der Text im Original:
Philippine Galoc oil field startup delayed on equipment problem
Singapore (Platts)--19Jun2008 The startup of the Galoc oil field offshore Palawan in the Philippines has been delayed yet again after the operator identified a subsea equipment problem, an official with the Philippine Department of Energy said Thursday.
The Philippine DOE had last week announced that Galoc would begin production on June 16 after a delay of over two months. The field was originally scheduled to begin production in early-April, but delays with the floating production, storage and offtake vessel kept pushing back the startup.
The official said the field might begin production next week, but could not confirm a date for the startup.
Galoc, which is the Philippines' largest oil discovery so far and the second-largest hydrocarbons find since the Malampaya gas field in 1998, is expected to produce between 15,000-17,500 b/d of light, sweet crude oil. The Philippines currently produces only about 300 b/d of crude from 15 marginal fields and relies almost entirely on imports to meet its 200,000 b/d of crude demand.
Oil from the Galoc field has an API gravity of 34 and will be mainly sold to local refineries.
The field is located in service contract SC-14 in 290 meters of water approximately 65 kilometers northwest of Palawan. It has proven and probable reserves of 23.5 million barrels.
Operator Galoc Production Company owns 58.29% of the field, with Australia's Nido Petroleum holding a 22.28% stake. The remaining equity is with five minority stakeholders. --Mriganka Jaipuriyar, mriganka@platts.com |